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[Jedi2016]

I'm sure I'm not the only one that's noticed this. When I push the Share button to snap a screenshot (I have mine set to the "Quick Screenshot" setting), the game waits a second or two and then finally snaps a shot, completely missing the moment I was trying to capture. It's happened about a dozen times playing Infamous, especially when trying to snap a pic of a funny facial expression or something. Segues in and out of a cutscene seem to be worse, I think I managed to get a couple snaps of black screens by the time the system finally realized I had pushed the button.

Other times, I've pushed Share and it doesn't do anything at all, I've had to push it a second time, again missing the moment I was trying to capture in the first place.

What's the deal? If I want a cool picture of a power in Infamous, do I have to push the Share button first, and then do the move, hoping that the system might actually take the shot at the right time? This is something they need to square away. Even if it doesn't give me the on-screen confirmation right away, the screen taken needs to be from the exact split second that I touched the button, and that's not happening right now.

 

[WhoaIsThatMars]

slow shutter speed

 

[Spider_Jerusalem]

Same here, only noticed in inFamous. Sometimes it snaps with a delay, sometimes it does nothing. I've used it in other games without any noticeable problems.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

The notification is definitely delayed, but I seem to capture exactly what I want when I press the button and I'm not doing anything special.

 

[Whipped Spartan]

The notification is delayed but my experience is it captures when you expected it to.

 

[VeryGooster]

Yeah it seems like the notification is slow, because I've gotten shots I've wanted just holding the Share button down. I'm not trying to make it a "Works fine for me; it's just you" type of post, because I definitely think the sharing features for both image and video need some tinkering.

 

[curb]

I notice a bit of a delay since day one but nothing unbearable for me. Second Son is a different matter though. I don't know if it's just that particular game but it feels like an eternity between the Share button press and the notification.

 

[enanogrande]

I've definitely noticed the notification delay, and assumed this meant a delay in the actual screenshot as well, but I've never actually tried it out. I'm hoping this is something that gets fixed in that upcoming share button focused update.

Edit: funny, I just tested it out in SS, and it took the shot as soon as I pressed the button. Tried it a few times and got the same result too. I'd still like the notification to be a instantaneous though...

2nd edit: Take it back, after further docking around it seems I do have a split-second delay. Really slight though.

 

[Mdot]

Noticed the same thing yesterday while playing SS. Weird.

 

[jaypah]

For the third time I tried to go back to my last 15 minutes and it was shit from at least 30 minutes before. I didn't think I had to do anything special but if there's a workaround I'll use it without complaint for now.

Also my pic lag sometimes too but I'm usually more worried about the video. I know double tapping starts the recording manually but most times I don't know that I want to keep a clip until after it happened.

 

[Grinchy]

It's been like this the whole time. It takes the picture when you press the button but then it takes a second to put the notification up so people think it's not taking it right away.

 

[Mdot]

For the third time I tried to go back to my last 15 minutes and it was shit from at least 30 minutes before. I didn't think I had to do anything special but if there's a workaround I'll use it without complaint for now.

Noticed this as well. I never use it to begin with and the one time I wanted to share and save something, it was from a while before. Lamesville USA

 

[jaypah]

Noticed this as well. I never use it to begin with and the one time I wanted to share and save something, it was from a while before. Lamesville USA

Word. And it sucks because everyone else is like, "works for me, you must be doing something wrong". Like wtf?

 

[Mdot]

Word. And it sucks because everyone else is like, "works for me, you must be doing something wrong". Like wtf?

Yea I don't get it. I tried waiting a few minutes after gameplay the next time to give it a bit to record and that seemed to work, but it was a workaround more than anything.

 

[Grinchy]

The issue with it recording the wrong segment of video seems to happen to a lot of people. I had it happen to me a bunch of times.

 

[Synless]

The picture is on time, the notice is delayed. I am more perplexed as to why the share recording feature has not been fixed yet.

 

[Foxix Von]

Huh, weird. I have mine set up the same way. The icon showing that it has taken the picture shows up delayed but when I've checked photos in the past I recall it capturing the images I intended it to. I'll have to double check though, odd.

 

[Theecliff]

I've been trying it out and haven't noticed a delay for the actual shot, just in the notification appearing. All of my shots have been from when I pressed the button, or at least I think they are. Maybe it's the notification causing confusion?

But yeah, I've noticed that saving the last 15 minutes of gameplay doesn't work properly. They need to patch that.

 

[ReaperXL7]

It's so weird to me that people complain about the share functions being broken. My PS4 always saves the last 15 like it's supposed to, I did not eeven know it was an issue for anyone till I saw it mentioned here on Gaf, I have not really had any issues capturing what I want from any of the games I have played and I use the feature constantly.

I wonder how difficult it will be to localize and solve the problem when it does not effect everyone.

 

[Creaking]

The notification is definitely delayed, but I seem to capture exactly what I want when I press the button and I'm not doing anything special.

Same here. It seems to capture the moment you press the share button, but the notification is a little late.

I kind of wish the notification could be disabled, 'cause if your trying to rapidly capture several screenshots, it shows up in a few of them.

 

[LingeringRegime]

Killzone has like six seconds or more for video sharing. Shit pisses me off.